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Here in France, you can't swing a cat without it crashing into an Inès. Most of the ones I've met have been between twelve and fourteen, but I think it's still popular. It's just strange how many there are!

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Nicknames for Ines

Nessie, Inesita, Neske

Meanings and history of the name Ines

Inés,(Eenés)is the spanish version of the original latin-roman name Agnes.The first saint we find with this name was a 13 year old martir in the Roman Empire times, killed in the prosecution of early christians.

There are other Saint Inés's, in Italy and Hungary, a princess.

Agnes also refers to "agnus", "lamb" in Latin, so in images of St Inés she appears with a lamb in her arms.

Mother Teresa of Calcuta's birth name was Agnese, and she was albanian.

We named or daughter Inés in memory of a grandmother and great-grandmother.

Famous real-life people named Ines

Ines Efron, Argentine actress
Inés Sastre, Spanish model and actress
Inès de la Fressange, French model and designer
Inés Sainz Gallo de Pérez, Mexican journalist and model

Ines in song, story & screen

'En la casa de Inés', Spanish pop song
Dona Inés, character in the Spanish classic 'Don Juan Tenorio'